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Fire update:
Looks like the spread of the fire has slowed down and containment is doing better. The fire was initially doubling in size every 8 hours or so, but overnight it expanded by just 3000 acres from 19,000 to 22,000. It's funny how human perception of size is so elastic based on proportions. When it initially expended from 1,000 to 5,000 acres burned it felt apocalyptic, but after it hit 19,000 acres burned adding another 3,000 on top of that feels like barely a step up (it's like what they say, 10 people dead is a tragedy and 10,000 people dead is a statistic).
Evacuation orders are still in place, but the number of areas with evacuation orders hasn't increased.
I could still see the fire outside of my window last night, so the section that originally started the fire hasn't quite been put out yet, but I'm hoping that if the wind does change directions the fire would need to travel over areas that were already burned before getting to my neighborhood, so hopefully that would slow it down significantly.
Looks like the spread of the fire has slowed down and containment is doing better. The fire was initially doubling in size every 8 hours or so, but overnight it expanded by just 3000 acres from 19,000 to 22,000. It's funny how human perception of size is so elastic based on proportions. When it initially expended from 1,000 to 5,000 acres burned it felt apocalyptic, but after it hit 19,000 acres burned adding another 3,000 on top of that feels like barely a step up (it's like what they say, 10 people dead is a tragedy and 10,000 people dead is a statistic).
Evacuation orders are still in place, but the number of areas with evacuation orders hasn't increased.
I could still see the fire outside of my window last night, so the section that originally started the fire hasn't quite been put out yet, but I'm hoping that if the wind does change directions the fire would need to travel over areas that were already burned before getting to my neighborhood, so hopefully that would slow it down significantly.